1. Manchester attack at Ariana Grande concert: What we know now. An explosion was reported near an arena in the U.K. where an Ariana Grande concert was being held on Monday. Greater Manchester police said early Tuesday that at least 22 people were killed and 59 injured in the incident. [Read here]
2. Heavy rain continues, flooding possible. Storms dumped about an inch of rain on metro Atlanta and led to several morning traffic issues Tuesday. And rain isn't drying up anytime soon, according to Channel 2 Action News. [Read here]
3. SurveyUSA Poll: Ossoff opens lead over Handel in 6th District runoff. Democrat Jon Ossoff opened a 7-point lead over Republican Karen Handel in Georgia's 6th District runoff in a SurveyUSA poll released this week. The poll, conducted for 11 Alive, has Ossoff leading Handel 51-44. [Read here]
4. McIver resigns from authority after attorney quits in protest. Atlanta attorney Claud "Tex" McIver has resigned from the Putnam County Development Authority, some eight months after he allegedly murdered his wife and shortly after the authority's attorney resigned in protest over his membership. [Read here]
5. What's in Trump's $4.1 trillion budget bill. President Donald Trump is sending Congress a $4.1 trillion spending plan that relies on faster economic growth and steep cuts in a range of support programs for low-income individuals to balance the government's books over the next decade. [Read here]
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